Latest - Reading The Pictures

Today Jan 25th, 2022

Real Time

Watch our instant analysis of
the latest breaking news.

Shot from @reuterspictures of the day justifies seminar about context all on its own (especially in light of Russia/E Euro threat). Conjures so many pix of desperate Haitians & Latin Americans asylum seekers at US/Mexico border--until you read: "from Ukraine." #ForeignPolicy

Reply on Twitter 1485748352637624334 Retweet on Twitter 14857483526376243344 Like on Twitter 14857483526376243349

19h 1485671566478295042

Nice shot by @KentNish of McCarthy, House GOP presser. Mostly blonde, male, lockstep. (@gettyimages of the week)

Reply on Twitter 1485671566478295042 Retweet on Twitter 14856715664782950422 Like on Twitter 148567156647829504221

21h 1485643793814622212

From #thedailies: As Covid exposes weak health system, US hospitals pushing moral boundaries including calling in infected staff & cherry-picking talent from poor global south (NYT). Visually, askance glances drive home both storylines.

Reply on Twitter 1485643793814622212 Retweet on Twitter 14856437938146222121 Like on Twitter 14856437938146222122

23 Jan 1485328733024124929

Including this disquieting shot
from the Oakbrook Center shopping mall marrying holiday incandescence with the sense of markers or targets the day after several people there were injured by gunfire. 📷 @orr_photo

Cheney Orr@orr_photo

Christmas I spent two nights on the streets of Chicago chasing scanner calls related to gun violence. A series of images made for ⁦@Reuters⁩ was published in @washingtonpost in an article that picks apart some of the root causes and paths forward. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/21/homicide-rates-have-soared-nationwide-mayors-see-chance-turnaround-2022/

Reply on Twitter 1485328733024124929 Retweet on Twitter 14853287330241249291 Like on Twitter 14853287330241249297

23 Jan 1485288084593725440

You can run but you can’t hide?

Reuters Pictures@reuterspictures

A jogger passes through a beam of sunlight in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. More photos of the week: https://reut.rs/3FVrvTb 📷 Kevin Lamarque

Reply on Twitter 1485288084593725440 Retweet on Twitter 14852880845937254404 Like on Twitter 148528808459372544019

Recent Notes

A curated collection of interesting news photos and media images.

2021 as the Tipping Point: So Much for the Pioneer Spirit

Environment 2021 as the Tipping Point: So Much for the Pioneer Spirit

2021 represented a climate change tipping point. In recounting key visual markers, we call out two images from the Dixie Fire.

2021 as the Tipping Point: Doubled Over By Ida

Environment 2021 as the Tipping Point: Doubled Over By Ida

2021 was a climate tipping point. And among the catastrophes, this blow from Hurricane Ida seemed to speak to a larger fate.

2021 as the Tipping Point: Wildfire Threatens Tahoe

Summer 2021 was a tipping point. Fires, floods, heat waves and hurricanes scaled up, as did the mass recognition of climate change as an existential crisis. As part of that recognition, many brilliant, symbolically-laden pictures crystallized the moment.

There are 6,371 Notes in The Archives

Explore All Notes

Real Time

Chatting the Pictures: Greenland’s Icy Undoing